Younger consumers are becoming increasingly hesitant to experiment with new brands and products due to tightening financial constraints.

Reports from across Iran point to a growing surge in counterfeit currency transactions, with police seizing large quantities of fake euros and US dollars in a recent operation in Lorestan Province.

Chairman of Turkmenistan’s Halk Maslahaty (People’s Council) Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov met Head of the Turkmen-Austrian Society Neda Berger in Vienna on Thursday to discuss prospects for expanding trade, financial, and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Italy’s public finances are strong enough to absorb the economic impact of the Middle East crisis, Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti has said, as the government prepares to revise its budget targets and growth forecasts.

Sterling and the Japanese yen fell on Tuesday as growing investor concerns over government finances boosted the U.S. dollar, reversing some of its recent losses.

Boeing on Monday launched a stock offering that could raise up to $19 billion as the planemaker looks to strengthen its finances squeezed by an over month-long strike by its workers and preserve its investment-grade credit rating, News.Az reports citing Investing.